Rope-clamp.



PATENTED 00T. 18, 1904.

0. A. GILTNER.

ROPE CLAMP.

APPLIUATmH FILED Dna. n, 190s.

N0 MQDIILV witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER A. GIL' NER, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

ROPE-CLAMP.

SEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. P"?2,"i98, dated October 18, 1904.

Application tiled December 8,1903. Serial Ne.184,310. (No model.)

'/'o n/Z whom, t nuty concern:

Bc it known that I, OLIVER A. GILTNR, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Memplus, in the county of Shelby and State of 'l`cnuossce, lieve invented new and useful Improvements in Rope-Clamps, of which the following is e specilicntion.

This invention relates to a rope-clamp; and the object of the seme is to provide a simple :ind ell'ective device of this class whereby rope ends muy be reliably secured and prevented from accidentally separating irrespective of thc amount of strain that may be longitudinally exerted thereon. A

The invention consists in the construction end arrangement of the partswhich will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is e perspective view of n rope-clamp embodying the features of the invention und shown applied. Fig. Z is n longitud incl vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is e top plan view or' the body of the clamp, showing' the upper wedge removed. Fig. 4 is n transverse vertical section on the line 4 e, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the wedges looking toward the concave side thereof.v

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral l designates the body of the clem p,which, es shown, is of rectangular form, but may be otherwise shaped, being formed with :I central bore and provided with a. centrnllyinclincd longtudinnlly-arranged partition 2 with upper end lower concave feces 3 and l. The upper and lower sides of the body l nre formed with longitudinal Slots 5, extending com plctely from end to end thereof :ind permitting the opposite portions of the body to slightly give when the Wedges are inserted therein. Each of the faces 3 and 4 et regular intervals is formed with diagonal nngnlnr corrugntions or serrations 6, which are disposed in alternation in the opposite sides to avoid weakening the structure of the partition to too great an extent, said corrugntions or sei-rations being spaced apart a considerable distance and clearly shown by Figs. 2 and 3.

Two wedges 7 and 8 are used in connection with the clamp and have the faces 9 thereof, which are disposed adjacent to the sides 3 end 4, of concave contour and provided with trensversely-eXtending corrugations or serretions ll), arranged at regular intervals to cooperate with the corrugetions or serrations 6 in the partition 2 in holding the rope-terminals rrnly in connection with the clamp. In view of the inclination of the partition 2, es clearly shown by Fig. 2, it will be necessary to insert the wedges 7 and Sinto the body 1 from opposite ends of the latter, Previous to the insertion of these wedges the rope extremities are disposed in the body above and below the upper and lower sides 3 and 4 of the partition 2. The Wedges 7 and 8 are then driven longitudinally into the body 1 from opposite ends, and the serrutions l0 and Sere caused to bite on dif.- ferent portions of the rope extremities and firmly hold the latter in'connected relation.

It will be seen that in view of the oppositeV position of the enlarged extremities of the Wedges 7 and S they will resist separation or dislodgrnent from the body 1 by longitudinal strain exerted thereon through the connected rope extremities. The parts of the clamp may be quickly assembled to connect the rope ends or disassociated when it is desired to seperate saidends or extremities.

It will be understood that suitable material may be employed in forming. the clamp,a.nd the upper und llower sides of the respective wedges 7 and 8 are angular and correspond in contour with the portions of the body with Which they engage.

Changes in the proportions,dimensions, and minordetails may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

As before stated, the opposite side portions of the body of the clamp are permitted to give or yield slightly on insertion of the wedges in the slots, and to secure this action the Wells of the slots opposite the feces of the inclined partition are formed entirely open, as shown, leaving inwardly-extending longitudinal portions, vvith the inner feces of which the outer feces of the Wedges cooperate, as will be un- A derstood. By this construction the Wedges may be forcibly inserted without liability of injury thereto or to the body, while at the same time the clampingeffect is not altered or affected.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new isA A ropeelamp comprising a body formed with a Central bore, a partition arranged longitudinally of the bore and inclined with relation to the upper and lower walls of said bore, the upper and lower surfaces of said partition beingl serrated, and wedges adapted for cooperation with the walls of said bore and the respective surfaces of the partition, said wedges being serrated in a direction re- I5 verse to the serration of the surfaces of the partition.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLIVER A. GILTNER.

Witnesses:

S. V. GARDINER, GEORGE HARST. 

